A report by the Congressional Budget Office claims that California’s wealthiest 1% makes 33 times the average income of middle-class Californians. This should surely pump up the passions of the 99% today…

The Occupy Oakland movement is underway, with demonstrators calling for a citywide general strike. The movement, which has gained national support from labor unions and activists from Los Angeles to Tahrir Square, plans to show it’s strength by closing down businesses and demonstrating at banks. Despite a plea from the port authority, today’s demonstrations are likely to culminate at the Port of Oakland…

In order for the “safe and lawful use” of Frank Ogawa Square, the encampment for Occupy Oakland, The Oakland City Council is calling for city administrators to collaborate with protestors for a peaceful 24-hour demonstration site…

Occupy demonstrators aren’t the only ones upset with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. The city’s police union is confused about the mayor’s mixed approached to handling demonstrators. The union also points out that Mayor Quaan has allowed employees to strike, but has ordered the force to work. Still both the city and workers are expecting a calm and peaceful day of protests…

In other news, the $99 billion High Speed Rail plan is obviously not what Californians had expected after approving PROP 1A IN 2008. The plan is projected to cost three times as much as what was approved three years ago, and attract less riders and revenue…

Utility giant PG&E is denying the content of a 1955 document revealing the reuse of scrapped gas transmission pipe by Pacific Gas and Co. These so-called “pups” were supposed to be disposed but were instead welded at the same spot where the pipeline in San Bruno exploded…

Meanwhile, the Three Strikes Law, originally passed in 1994, has been reviewed by Stanford Law professors. They propose the penalty of 25 years to life in prison for those who have committed very harsh crimes such as murders, rapes, and child molestation… …

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Here in San Francisco, elections are less than one week away and getting messier by the minute. A man known in San Francisco for coercing tenants out of their rent-controlled apartment has told employees that if they donate to Ed Lee’s campaign they would be “reimbursed right away.” It is the second time Lee has been accused of money laundering. …